§ MR. NORMANI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that the steamship "Monadnock," belonging to Messrs. T. Hogan and Son, of 21, State Street, New York, has been chartered to carry hay from St. John, New Brunswick, to Cape Town; whether she has already sailed for St. John; whether there are no British-owned vessels suitable and available for such service; or for what other reason preference was given to a a foreign-owned vessel.
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE WAR OFFICE (Lord STANLEY,) Lancashire, WesthoughtonThe Canadian Government buys and ships Canadian hay to South Africa as an agent of this Department. I am not aware of the chartering of the "Monadnock" by the Canadian Government, nor has the-High Commissioner for Canada any knowledge of such chartering.